Type holder for printing presses



March 17; 1925. I 1,530,083

N. IVES TYPE HOLDER FOR PRINTING PRES'SES Filed NOY. 12, 1923 PatentedMar. 17, 1925.

UNITED NELSON INZES,JOCF 'IGEBEKA, ,KAN'SAS.

TYPE HOLDER FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

Application fi1er1.Novemher 12, 1923. Serial No. 674,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, NELSON I-viis, a citizen of the United States, and ,aresident of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee andState oil .liansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Type Holders forPrinting Presses; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in type holders for printingpresses, and refers more specifically to anovel arl'ungenient andconstruction for detachably' fining a type form to .a printing press bed.insuch a way that the forms and blocks in which they are set can bereadily removed from the bed and another like form and block substitutedin its place whereby, after a number of type and other impressionelements have been composed or set up in dillerent blocks in thecomposing room, they can bentaken to the press room and successivelymounted on the printing press :bed so that a limited number 0t copies,can be run from each term, whereupon the forms and their supportingblocks can be removed tram the bed and other terms substitutedtherefor,-.tor a like limited run, and so on until all of the dorms arerun, and in a manner to keep the press in operation.

The V invention is especialy useitula printing establishment vwherealarge number .o-lf similar orders come inter @printing a limited numberof individual copies such, for instance, as letter sheet headings andenvelope return cards. The individual orders are usually for a limitednumber of copiesor sheets. For instance, ,in stationery printing it iscustomary tor an individual to order a limitednumber of letter sheetsand a smaller number or envelqpes,iwith the headingon the sheet ito'be.the same as lhe return card on the envelope. In an organized printing,establishment for (this work, orders come ,in rt'rom many dilterentcustomers for such limited quantities and wherein the dimensions o l.headingsand ,return cards are substantially uniform as to width andlength.

I-lerctotore, so far as I :am aware, it has been the custom to gillieilteach order separately in thesensc of the make-ready tor the forms andlocking them in the chase by the use ofknown furniture or quoins. Adisadvantage of this practice is that after a given order has beenprinted it is necessary to disassemblet he chase elements and make readyanother form and lock itin the same chase,-work which requiresconsiderable time and necessitates consequent lengths of idle periodsfor the press.

In accordance with the present invention, it is ,proposed to provide thebed plate of the press with a single holder adaptable to readily andsuccessively receive a number of type blocks in which the type fordifferent orders are set up in theicomposing' room so that when saidblocks coineto the press rooin they icau bereadily inserted into theholder until the required number of copies have been printed,' whereuponthe blocks carrying the type forms last used in print ing can be quicklyremoved and block and type form for the next order quickly \insertedinto its place, so that the succeeding orders represented by.thedifl'erent blocks and type forms carried thereby can be used forprinting succesive orders with little or not time :lost in the stoppage.ort'the press.

In an order of usual size, it has been vthe experience that three orfour'bloclrsican thus be ,used with one pres, ,that is to say, with theterms beingcomposed intone block while the other blocks are .in thepress or the type thereliroin is being distributed.

In-printing letter headings and envelope return cards, it is practicableto use two presses, one for the letter heads and the other for theenvelopes. and when rhis practice is followed block and its form, whichhas been used in the letter head press, can be remoyed to the envelopepress, while a block and fornr representing another order can besubstituted in the letter head press.

More than one of such type block holders may be employed on arsinglepress bed where-a number of headings areto be run at the same timeonIonepress, after which the stock is cut in a cutting machine to correspondwith the number of headings run.

In the drawings illustrating two embodiments otthe invention:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a press bed showing the adaptation of myinvention thereto,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a face View of a press bed showing the adaptation of two typeholders thereto.

Fig. 4: is a perspective of one of the .ele-

ments of the holder.

Fig. 5 is an elevation on a reduced scale of the type holder adapted asa unitary chase.

The press bed 10, shown in Fig. 1, is part of the known Gordon typeprinting press,

, the number of blocks referred to which will serve a press, and thetype of some of which can be composed and distributed, while the type ofanother block or blocks are run in the ress. The type may be individualtypes or s ugs and are spaced in the opening 13 in any preferred orknown way and wedgelocked in said block. When the type are so locked,the blocks can be handled without danger of pieing the type.

The holder that is fixed to the bed 10 embodies as its principalcharacteristics an open way into which the blocks can be slid andsupports or stops on which the blocks are supported or gauged when inthe holder,

v the holder being so arranged that the finger and thumb of the pressoperator can be placed on the upper and lower sides of the block whensetting it in the holder or re moving it therefrom.

A practical form of holder when used with an upright bed comprises twoL-shaped parts 15, the longer legs 16 of which lie parallel to the planeof the bed, and the shorter legs 17 of which are directed toward butspaced from each other. The distance between the ends of the longer legsof the L-shaped parts is suiiicient to permit the block 12 to freely andsnugly slide into the holder, but without causing the block to bind whenthe block is being set into or removed from the holder. The shorter legs17 of the L-shaped pieces constitute the stop or support for the block,and the space 18 between the facing ends of said shorter legs affordsroom for the finger or thumb of an operator when placing the block intoor removing it from the holder thus described. The arms 16 constitutethe sides of a trough, of which the press bed is the bottom, to receiveand hold the block. 7

No separately formed and applied device is required to lock the block inthe holder, but in order to prevent the block tilting and holding itagainst the bed plate the proximate faces of the longer legs of theL-shaped pieces of the holder may be beveled, as shown at 19, to fit thecorrespondingly beveled ends 20 of the blocks.

The bed plate in Fig. 1 is provided with a single holder, while thatshown in Figure 3 is equipped with two holders for printing two up jogsas, for instance, where the stock is printed double size and isafterwards cut to proper size by a cutting machine. In larger pressesthree or more of such holders could be used, depending on the size ofsheet to be run. After running on such a large press, the blocks can beremoved and run singly on another press for printing the envelopes. Thisis a feature of very considerable importance in respect of saving time.

Another feature of utility of the type block provided with the smallrectangular opening, as shown, is that when the type are locked in theblock, as by the wedge 20, there is so small an amount of material inthe lock-up that the type is not forced or strained off its feet.Therefore, when the block and the type are placed in the press, the feetof the type set solidly against the bed, thereby giving agood, evenimpression when the stock is pressed against the type by the movement ofthe platten. It has been found that in looking up an ordinary type formin chases, such as have heretofore been used, the operator must be verycareful in locking up the type so that it will not be forced off itsfeet owing to the amount of material in the chase. Under theseconditions when the chase is set in the press the form does not restsolidly against the bed of the press and does not give a uniformimpression. In the use of a chase, when changing from one form toanother, the variation in squeeze must be compensated for by adjustmentto the press.

In Figure 5 is shown a modification wherein the holder, comprising theL-shaped members 22, disposed in relation to each other as beforedescribed, are made an integral part of a chase 23 which will besupported on the type bed 10 in the usual manner of fixing andsupporting a chase thereon. In this construction the L-shaped holdersare made integral with connecting mem bers 24, 25 which are in turn madeintegral with the ends and bottornrespectively of the chase frame.

It is apparent that the invention herein disclosed overcomes many of thedifliculties experienced in job press work, produces better printing,and reduces the overhead by keepingthe press in substantially constantoperation. It is to be understood that the invention is capable ofadaptation to other forms of presses than the vertical bed type withoutsacrificing the advantages and utility of the invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A typeholder for printing presses adapted to be applied to the fiat face of apress bed and to receive and laterally sup port a type carrier or blockwhich rests in contact with said bed, said holder being provided at oneend with a free inlet and outlet for a carrier that is guided and heldin position on said bed between lateral inwardly facing surfaces of theholder, and provided at its other end with a stop or support for saidcarrier.

2. A type holder for printing presses adapted to receive and support atype carrier or block, said holder being provided with a free inlet andoutlet for the carrier that is guided and held in position betweensurfaces of the holder, said holder being formed at its side oppositesaid inlet and outlet with a finger opening to engage one side of thecarrier.

3. A type holder for printing presses adapted to be attached to and incontact with the bed of a press, said holder comprising holding andguiding arms which flank the type supporting face of the bed, andbetween the free ends of which is formed an outlet and inlet for a typecarrier, and at the opposite ends of which are formed a support for thecarrier.

4. A type holder for printing presses adapted to be attached to and incontact with the bed of a press, said holder comprising holding andguiding arms to constitute the sides of a trough, of which the arms arethe sides and the bed is the bottom, and between which arms, at one sideof the holder, is formed an outlet and inlet for a type carrier, andformed at the other end of the holder with supports for the carrier, theproximate faces of said arms being under cut beveled to contact withcorresponding bevels on the gauging ends of said carrier.

5. A type holder for a printing press having a substantially upright bedembracing guides which are free ended at their upper sides to permit atype carrier to pass between the guides and to be supported on the bed,said guides also beingformed at their lower ends with spaced carriersupports.

6. A holder for a type carrier having an opening in which the type formis composed, comprising two L-shaped members with their shorter endsspaced and constituting a support for the carrier, and with their longerends spaced to provide an outlet and inlet for the type carrier.

7. A holder for a type carrier having an opening in which the type formis composed, comprising two L-shaped members with their shorter endsspaced and constituting a support for the carrier, and with their longerends spaced to provide an out-- let and inlet for the type carrier, saidholder members being adapted to be fastened to the face of the bed, andhaving guiding engagement with the type form carrier to hold saidcarrier against the bed.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereuntoappend my signature this 5th day of November, 1923.

NELSON IVES.

